Project & Tenders
Inelfe scouts Biscay Gulf interconnector advisor
The Biscay Gulf electrical interconnection developer Inelfe has issued a tender call for advisor/broker insurance services to advise the company along the project. The scope of the services will focus on 2 phases divided into three activities. Specifically, these include probable maximum losses anal
Turkey to carry out seismic survey in disputed area of Mediterranean
Turkish vessel Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in the eastern Mediterranean over the next ten days, a move which will further test already tense relationships with Greece.
NKT Victoria wraps up Moray East OWF export cable work
All three export cables for the Moray East offshore wind farm have been laid and pulled in, with the cable laying vessel NKT Victoria now demobilised after finishing the project. The vessel Havila Phoenix is currently burying the three subsea power cables below the seabed by using remotely operated
Croatia’s first FSRU nearing destination
Croatia’s floating storage and regasification unit is nearing its final destination at its base on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Germany opens tender for geophysical and hydrographic surveys at N-9 wind zone
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has invited tenders for geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys as part of the geological preliminary exploration in the N-9 wind energy area. Specifically, the sites to be surveyed within the area in the North Sea are N-9.1, N-9.3
Lukoil starts phase two of Vladimir Filanovsky development drilling
Russian independent oil company Lukoil has launched phase two of the development drilling campaign on the Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field in Astrakhan.
Celtic Interconnector tenders up for grabs
French TSO Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and its Irish equivalent EirGrid have launched engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tenders for the Celtic Interconnector project. The Celtic Interconnector is a planned 700MW HVDC subsea link to allow the exchange of electricity between
Designing of carbon-neutral offshore oil and gas platforms underway
U.S. engineering firm McDermott has teamed up with electrical equipment giant Scheider Electric and io consulting, a Baker Hughes company, to design carbon-neutral facilities for the upstream oil and natural gas market.
Lukoil, KazMunayGas ink deal for Al-Farabi block in Kazakh Caspian Sea
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil and Kazakhstan’s state-owned company KazMunayGas (KMG) have signed an agreement for future obligations on the Al-Farabi Project in the Kazakh Sector of the Caspian Sea.
Polish join Hollandse Kust Noord OSS work
Ultra NDT S.C. and Jaworski Energy Services have signed a contract with the ENGIE Solutions Belgium and Iemants joint venture for work on the Hollandse Kust Noord substation topside. Ultra NDT S.C. has been selected as the third-party responsible for non-destructive testing, with Jaworski Energy Ser
Wärtsilä to build CO2-neutral bio-LNG plant in Germany
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply and build a plant for the production of CO2-neutral liquid transport fuels.
Fraser Well Management takes over operation of suspended offshore well
Independent oil and gas development and production firm Bridge Petroleum has appointed well engineering and project management specialist Fraser Well Management (FWM) to operate the suspended appraisal well in the Galapagos field in the Northern North Sea.
QED Naval kicks off Subhub tenders
Scottish marine engineering firm QED Naval has launched two tenders to support the development of its Subhub tidal energy platform.
Equinor projects see delays, increased costs due to COVID, weak NOK
Norwegian energy major Equinor has seen its costs for projects under development rise due to the Covid-19 pandemic and weakened Norwegian krone, even postponing the start-up of some projects.